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LONG FIGHT LIKELY; Both Claim Victory in First Formal Test Carter Is Strong Ford Edges Past Reagan by 1,300 votes In New Hampshire Primary

By R.W. APPLE Jr. Special to The New York Times ();

February 26, 1976,

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CONCORD, N.H., Feb. 25 President Ford won an exceedingly slender victory over Ronald Reagan in yesterday's New Hampshire Republican primary, one of the closest such elections on record, final returns showed today.

February 26, 1976

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